Lesson 8 – June 10th

June 10th Aim: To read Tables and graphs

Task Title. Reading a Table

Terms

  1. Vacation – holidays from work (for example Monday to Friday; To travel away from home
  2. Holidays – include days off for everyone (For example Public Holidays) / days off school, work, club/circle or other events

  1. The title of this Table is “Vacation Days per Year” per=every
  2. Short Description: reading left to right; 1) The left side has 8 countries, 2) From there there is information in order starting with Average =====employees give, next Average =====employee takes, and finally 3) Not used days.
  3. Detail (Line 1): In Brazil they have an average of 30days vacation (1), they take an average of 30 days (2), and there are no days left (3).
  4. Line (2-8): … write the details for every country.
  5. Results (the groups and details) (Task 4)

Task 1 Title: Writing Details

  • In your groups: write the details of a country
  • Check with your country

Task activity: select countries and write the sentences

Task 2 Title: Evaluation: groups / grouping method

  • Step 1: decide the result – what is the result?
  • Step 2: what groups can you see – think about it?
  • Step 3: make the groups [***Hint – there are three groups of countries]

Writing challenge: write a grouping report about these 3 groups.

Teacher example:

  • In group 1 / For group 1 : there are no days vacation left. These countries include Brazil, Canada and France.
  • In group 2 / For group 2 : there are a few days vacation left. There are four countries and they are Malaysia, Mexico, UK and the US. The days left are between 1 to 4 days.
  • In group 3 / For group 3 : there are a lot of days vacation left. There is only one country Japan [ and they only take half the numbers of days vacation / and take 10 days only vacation ]

Task 6 Title: side A Vacation or Holiday;

  • telling a story to a foreigner
  • say (express) your feelings about it
  • recommend something

HOMEWORK

  • Saturday Quiz